The August 6, coup that deposed President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallah of Mauritania was vigorously and punitively rejected by most public bodies. The African Union, the political head prefect of the continent, suspended Mauritania's membership, the European Union expressed alarm and the US withheld $20 million Sh140 million in "humanitarian aid".

The Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary-General for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit, ended a two-day visit to Mauritania where he met with senior Government officials, members of the diplomatic community and representatives from U.N. agencies to discuss the political situation in the country and to review developments since his last visit there earlier this month.

There is a general mis conception that military coups are outdated, that they are out of fashion. People who hold this view forget that most armies in Africa who have held political power, are like lions who have tasted human blood.

Rwanda'S Amavubi Stars are tirelessly working round the clock to pull off an away win against Mauritania so as to reach the last qualifying phase of the 2010 World/Africa Cup qualifiers.

The Security Council today (August 19) condemned the Mauritanian military’s overthrow on 6 August of the democratically elected Government of Mauritania and the State Council’s move to seize the powers of the presidency, and demanded the immediate release of President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdellahi and the immediate restoration of the legitimate, constitutional, democratic ...

For a continent battling to catch up with the rest of the developed world, the news of yet another coup d'etat in Mauritania, was indeed a bad one.

Thousands of people in Mauritania have attended a rally in support of the leader of the recent coup, Gen Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz. The coup has also been backed by the majority of the country's politicians.

Colonel Ahmed Bamba Ould Baye, the permanent secretary at the High State Council of Mauritania, last morning, had an audience with the vice-president, Dr Aja Isatou Njie-Saidy, in her office at State House, Banjul.

More Africans are risking transatlantic crossings to Europe after Mauritania's military coup last week, according to Jerome Dukiya, a Catholic priest in the port town of Nouadhibou.

Reporter Ahmed Ould Neda of the Nouakchott-based independent news agency "Akbar Info" was arrested on 7 August 2008 while covering a demonstration against Mauritania's new military regime. Police confiscated Neda's camera with pictures of a police assault, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) reported.

Last week's coup d'etat in Mauritania during which army troops grabbed power from the first ever democratically elected president in what, at face value, appears to be a selfish motive, has shown us again that the continent remains prone to violence more than four decades after independence from colonial powers.

The top United Nations envoy to West Africa has called for an immediate return to constitutional rule in Mauritania after wrapping up a three-day visit to the country, where military leaders last week overthrew the Government.

The Namibian Government on Friday expressed serious concern over the military takeover in Mauritania, strongly condemning any seizure of power or any attempt to take power by force to replace a democratically elected government.

Recent visits between coup leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and leaders from the African Union, League of Arab States, United Nations, and Mauritania's major donors have prompted both protest and promises.

On 7 August 2008, Ahmed Ould Neda, a reporter for Akbar Info, a Nouakchott-based independent news agency, was arrested and detained by the Mauritanian police while covering a demonstration against the new military regime in the country.